This group is a forum for Reed-Prentice enthusiasts that will hopefully help all Reed-Prentice owners and users to get the most out of their machines, share their machining projects, problems, and solutions and also make friends across the globe. Reed-Prentice lathes represent what I consider to be some of the finest manual lathes ever made. I can’t speak to their other machines as I have never owned or used one but hopefully others will join the group and share their knowledge. Starting this group was not my idea but rather the idea of the wife of another Reed-Prentice enthusiast who I met over the Internet. All are welcome to join who have an interest in Reed-Prentice and other metal working machines. This is my first group so please be patient with me as I try and figure out how to moderate and prevent Spam.
I have seen that the collage here has a 16-50" Reed (same as mine) as there largest lathe They also have a lot of old ~1942 South bends They still use it some
I'm going to check the tailstock on the 6" R-P today, I know it's totally different kind of animal from a earlier era to yours, but it might a unique quirk to
I milled a flat spot on top of the tailstock. Then, with a magnetic base, I mount a dial indicator on top of the tailstock and a magnetic "stop" on the chuck
I got a surprise the other day... was drilling some fairly deep holes with the drill held in the tailstock. I had previously checked the tail stock lead screw
I've read the past posts in search of a way of determining the age of my 16" RP. Near as I can guess, by the serial number (23339), it may be sometime in